A Philadelphia jury is deadlocked on two counts in the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortion doctor who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women. / Yong Kim AP

by Sean O'Sullivan, The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal

by Sean O'Sullivan, The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal

PHILADELPHIA -- A verdict has been reached in the murder trial of a longtime abortion provider.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is accused of killing a patient and four babies allegedly born alive and then killed with scissors.

The court announcement that a verdict had been reached came only hours after the jury had said that it was deadlocked on two counts.

As their 10th day of deliberations was under way, jurors sent a note to Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart around 10: 30 a.m. ET saying, "We are hung on two counts." The note did not say what counts have deadlocked the panel.

The judge brought the weary-looking jury into the courtroom at 11:15 a.m. and told them to go back and reconsider the law, his instructions and the evidence and try to reach agreement.

He told the group of seven women and five men if they had any more questions they would be addressed.

In addition to the five murder charges, Gosnell also faces more than 200 charges of violating abortion law. Prosecutors say he performed illegal, third-term abortions and failed to counsel women 24 hours in advance.

Gosnell's lawyer argues that the babies were killed in the womb with an abortion drug, and he says the patient died of complications.